WELCOME ABOARD!

No problem with starting a new thread. The all fall out of sight in the long run.
Unfortunately I'm not turned on by any of those things. My techno-geekdom runs more toward the early development of arms and armor, and surface fire-control. If you're brave enough see here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=200007
If nothing else, it should tell you you're in good company. Weird, but good.